4 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking & Dian Fossey Hike

While on this 4 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking & Dian Fossey Hike, You will trek the gorillas and hike to Dian Fossy's grave.

This is at the Karisoke Research Center on the slopes of the Bisoke Volcano where she spent close to 20 years habituating, studying, and conserving the endangered mountain gorillas.

She was murdered on the 27th of December 1985 at the Karisoke Research Centre and buried near Digit, her favourite gorilla.

This excursion is an incredible experience and very inspiring to learn about someone so dedicated to her work.

You will be met and greeted at the Kigali International Airport by your driver/guide on your first day of 4 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking & Dian Fossey Hike.

Our guide/ driver will pick you up from your apartment at 8:30 am in Kigali and your day starts with a visit to the genocide memorial site.

Afterward depart for a 2-hour drive to Musanze, the second largest town in Rwanda, with its stunning backdrop of five volcanic mountains – The Virungas.

On reaching Musanze, you will visit the Twin Lakes of Burera and Ruhondo.

These Magnificent twin lakes of Bulera and Ruhondo and its Swamp Rugezi are the excellent photogenic, serene and scenic places for Bird watching activity. Moreover, Rugezi swamp is one of the most seven important birding areas IBAs) in Rwanda.

In the evening, you will visit the Dian Fossey museum and the Musanze local market.

Main destination: Volcanoes National Park

Lodge: Tiloreza Volcanoes Ecolodge

Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast on your second day of 4 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking & Dian Fossey Hike, you will depart for the headquarters of the park where your guide will complete the necessary formalities for you.

You will meet your ranger guide(s) for a briefing about the greatest animal experience ever. You will then be driven to the slopes of one of the Virunga Volcanoes for your trekking.

After the trekking, if time allows, have lunch at Ruhengeri and in the afternoon go for an excursion to explore the beautiful Twin lakes in the region (Lake Bulera & Ruhondo).

Main destination: Virunga Mountains

Lodge: Tiloreza Volcanoes Ecolodge

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast on your third day of 4 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking & Dian Fossey Hike, you will report to the headquarters for your excursion to slopes of the Bisoke Volcano and pay a visit to the former Karisoke Centre where the grave of Dian Fossey is located.

You will find here fantastic views, lush forested slopes, and an exceptional environment. On the way to the site you will see various animals like buffaloes and elephants.

Karisoke became one of the most successful primate study sites in the world in the 1970s.

For the past three decades, the mountain gorillas of Karisoke Research Center have been the subject of many studies focusing on their behavior and ecology.

Main destination: Mount Bisoke

Lodge: Tiloreza Volcanoes Ecolodge

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today you will be picked up at your hotel and depending on your departure time you will have the opportunity to go on the Kigali city trip if you did not do it on day one of 4 Days Rwanda Gorilla Trekking & Dian Fossey Hike.

In Rwanda you will find genocide memorials all over the country to remember the genocide of 1994. The most important Genocide Memorials are those of Kigali (Gisozi) and Murambi (Gikongoro) where the history of the genocide is explained.

A visit to the genocide memorial is for most visitors an emotional event. Later you will be transferred to the airport to catch your flight for departure.

Main destination: Kigali 

Meal plan: Breakfast & lunch